Green Lifestyle

If you have kids or pets to keep in, (or out!) or just want some privacy from the neighbors, building a DIY fence is a great way to save money in your landscaping. We have a round up of some great DIY fence projects for you

New research from the University of Minnesota presents some of the first evidence linking the bee-killing insecticides known as neonicotinoids to monarch butterfly deaths. The study finds that milkweed plants, which monarch butterflies need to survive...

The trend of making trash into new products is called upcycling. You can find new uses for beloved objects that have given up the ghost. Marvel at peopleâEUR(TM)s creativity or get a thrifty inspiration for a DIY project.

More and more malls are obsolete in today's world of internet shopping. The big problem then becomes what to do with them. This innovative developer is putting 225 sq ft modern apartments inside, and renters are snapping them up!

There are now over 400 consumer products [PDF] on the market made with nanosilver. These include many intended for use with food, among them cutting boards, cutlery, pans, storage containers, espresso machines, water filters, baby bottles, and refrigerato

A new GMO variety of tall fescue turfgrass that's resistant to glyphosate herbicides has been cleared for cultivation by USDA. The USDA has cleared the way for cultivation of genetically modified tall fescue without conducting an environmental review of

We are enslaved by speed and have all succumbed to the same insidious virus: Fast Life, which disrupts our habits, pervades the privacy of our homes and forces us to eat Fast Foods. To be worthy of the name, Homo Sapiens should rid himself of speed before

To say winters are cold in Wisconsin is like saying Jack Nicholson got a little chilly in The Shining. Wisconsin winters are beyond cold and for long stretches of time.
But living in a German certified passive house ...